Akkadian literature

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ancient Near Eastern literature literature

Akkadian literature is the body of written works in the Akkadian language, including myths, epics, prayers, and legal texts from ancient Mesopotamia, best known for masterpieces like the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Akkadian myths 1
Mesopotamian literary canon 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
bestKnownWork Epic of Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedByCulture Akkadian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assyrian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Babylonian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInRegion Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestEvidenceDate late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
floruitPeriod Middle Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesGenre astronomical text ⓘ
didactic text ⓘ
epic ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
incantation ⓘ
lamentation ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
letter ⓘ
lexical list ⓘ
mathematical text ⓘ
medical text ⓘ
myth ⓘ
omen text ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
ritual text ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ
influenced Hebrew literature ⓘ
classical Near Eastern literature ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
materialForm clay tablet ⓘ
cylinder ⓘ
stone stele ⓘ
notableWork Atrahasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enuma Elish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erra Epic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludlul bel nemeqi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamash Hymns NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Babylonian Theodicy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Myth of Adapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn library of Ashurbanipal NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDeitiesFeatured Ea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ishtar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamash NERFINISHED ⓘ
scholarlyDiscipline Assyriology NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right horizontal rows ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Akkadian language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enkidu → associatedWith → Akkadian literature ⓘ
Atrahasis → culture → Akkadian literature ⓘ
Sin-leqi-unninni → influenceOn → Akkadian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian literary canon
Sumerian literature → influenced → Akkadian literature ⓘ
Urshanabi → literaryTradition → Akkadian literature ⓘ
Namtar → mentionedIn → Akkadian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akkadian myths